Black Reel Award for Outstanding Director, TV Movie or Limited Series

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Director of a Television Movie or Limited Series. The category was retired during the 2008 ceremony, and then later returned in 2013. In May 2017 the category was moved from the film awards as part of the Black Reel Awards for Television honors thus resulting in two separate winners in 2017.

Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Total awards by network

 * HBO – 7
 * Showtime – 3
 * BET - 2
 * FX - 2
 * Amazon Prime Video - 1
 * Lifetime - 1
 * Netflix - 1
 * USA Network - 1

Programs with multiple nominations

 * 4 nominations
 * American Crime (ABC)


 * 3 nominations
 * American Horror Story (FX)


 * 2 nominations
 * American Crime Story (FX)
 * Seven Seconds (Netflix)
 * Small Axe (Amazon Prime Video)
 * Watchmen (HBO)

Individuals with multiple awards

 * 2 awards
 * Reggie Rock Bythewood
 * Vondie Curtis-Hall

Individuals with multiple nominations

 * 4 nominations
 * Ernest R. Dickerson
 * Spike Lee


 * 3 nominations
 * Angela Bassett
 * Julie Dash
 * Victoria Mahoney
 * Robert Townsend


 * 2 nominations
 * Reggie Rock Bythewood
 * Vondie Curtis-Hall
 * Bill Duke
 * Anthony Hemingway
 * Kevin Hooks
 * Kenny Leon
 * Darnell Martin
 * Steve McQueen
 * Dee Rees
 * John Ridley
 * Stephen Williams
 * George C. Wolfe